Merry Christmas!

Holiday Express!

We have the most amazing PTA! This what I saw when I walked into work today!

Gingerbread Houses

Our buddies helped us with our culminating project today!

We created some pretty awesome Gingerbread Houses!

Click the link to join the fun: Gingerbread Houses

Sending You a Little Holiday Cheer!

Enjoy!

Warming up for the Holidays!

Our kindness elf gave us a special kindness act to perform. He was thinking about the homeless and the cold weather and he asked us to collect new or used blankets for them. Blankets can be any size. We have a collection box in our classroom and will be collecting them until Christmas break.

Thanks for helping with this small act of kindness!

Kindness Kounts!

Our Kindness Elf left supplies for making bird feeders today!!

Christmas Kindness

Our Kindness Elf has visited each day with an act of kindness for us! Today we picked up trash on our school grounds. Last week we learned to give compliments, made thank you cards for teachers and family members, and sat by someone new at lunch.

We have learned that these small acts of kindness are most certainly a win-win! What a great way to learn about Habit 4: Think win-win! 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Fire Fighter Kyle!

This week we had a visit from Fire Fighter Kyle. We are so thankful for his time and the valuable lessons he taught us about fire safety!(This did not post when I tried in October and I just noticed it! Sorry it's a little late but so worth it!)

Just Hanging Out....

And learning our sight words!

This week we used Google Hangout to meet a first grade class at Luff Elementary. The first graders helped us learn this week's sight words by chanting them!

Reader's Theater

Enjoy watching our first Reader's Theater!

The Little Red Hen

The Biggest Win!

We have been learning leadership skills by studying the 7 Habits. We have been practicing the first 3: I'm in charge of me, begin with the end in mind & put first things first. Who better to model these habits than the KC Royals?!

On Friday we had a little Royal celebration and wrote letter to our favorite players!

Let's Scare Up Some Fun!

Thank you to all who helped with our fall party! The kids were so well behaved and they had great time!

Click the link to join the fun: Let's Scare Up Some Fun!

PUMPKINOLOGY!!

Happy Fall!

The trip to the pumpkin patch provided us with our own little pumpkins to use for science and math explorations! We used them for sink and float, to introduce circumference, comparing heights and measuring with non-standard units. Thanks to our 5th grade buddies for helping us with each activity!

Click the link to see more: PUMPKINOLOGY!!

A Day at the Pumpkin Patch

It was a super day for a field trip! We were able to capture some of the fun from the day. Click the link to view the memories.

A Day at the Pumpkin Patch

Flashlight Friday

Our Super Readers worked on their tracking last week and had a little fun with Flashlight Friday!

Click the link to watch them in action!

Don't Let the Pigeon...

During Writing Workshop this week we have been learning to read like an author. We have been studying the work of author/illustrator Mo Willems and trying some of his techniques in our books!

We were inspired by his book, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and used it to create our own class book.

Click the link to enjoy the book: Don't Let the Pigeon...

Even the youngest fans....

Are cheering for the boys in blue!

Go Royals!

Super Readers!

Today we practiced our partner power and our pointer power! Ask your child to tell you more about their Reading Super Powers!

There's a leader in me!

This week we introduced Habit 2. We learned how to begin with the End In Mind and the importance of setting goals and having a plan. We listened to THE VERY BUSY SPIDER and our 5th grade buddies helped us with goal setting.

Sort And Graph!

We found something fun and seasonal to sort and extended our learning by making a graph!

Sort it!

This week in math we are learning to sort by attributes. Can you look at the pictures and tell how the items were sorted?

Reading Celebration!

What a great day to read outside!

WE ARE READERS!

Today we wrapped up our first unit of study in reading workshop. We learned that we are all readers. We can read story books or books that teach us about the world. We can retell stories, and sound just like the characters when we do! 

Here we are enjoying a new book that we will enjoy reading!

Sports Day

We have enjoyed Spirit Week!  Today we celebrated sports day by getting our minds and bodies in shape. We practiced counting to 100 while exercising! Here we are checking our growing muscles after that hard work!

Trip trap! Trip trap! Who's that tramping over my bridge?

Today we made our story come alive as we practiced reading words as the character would say them!

Then we practiced in groups with stick puppets.

Watch Us Learn!

This week we have been learning how the iPad can be used as a tool to help us learn. We are exploring different apps and learning how to care for and navigate them. We used iPads today to practice math skills and to write letters and words.